Jazz in the City – Chichester

29th – 30th August 2008

What's On

Friday 29th August

Time Event Venue (Disabled Access) Price
8.00pm - 10.30pm Karen Sharp Quintet Assembly Rooms,
North Street (Bar)
Yes £13
CJC Members £10
Students / Children £5
In 2004 Karen took over from Kathy Stobart in the Humphrey Lyttelton Band. She now writes and plays baritone and tenor with her own quintet. The band has played many festivals and jazz clubs both in the UK and abroad.
Canal jazz cruises

Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of nature and enjoy the tranquility of just easing down the Chichester canal listening to smooth jazz with a glass of wine in hand. Book early to avoid disappointment.

2.00pm - 3.30pm
4.15pm - 5.45pm
6.30pm - 8.00pm
Canal jazz cruises with Chris Paradine and David Browne Duo The 'Richmond'
Chichester Canal,
Canal Basin (Bar)
Limited £14
CJC Members £12
Students / Children £5
Local musicians Chris on keyboards and the entertaining and amusing Portsmouth Jazz Society's Dave on conga and vocals.

Saturday 30th August

Time Event Venue (Disabled Access) Price
Now featuring the Adam Taylor Quintet from 12.45pm - 1.45pm

2.00pm - 4.30pm
Adam Taylor Quintet

Dave Murrell Quintet
Vicar's Hall,
Cathedral Green,
off South Street (No Bar)
Yes Both Quintet's for the Price of One

£7
CJC Members £6
Students / Children £5
This band demonstrates the strength of local music - and Chichester-based vocalist Sylvia McEwen will also be joining them for a couple of numbers. Guitarist Dave plus sax and flute player Tony Woods, pianist Terry Seabrook who leads the successful Latin jazz band Cubana Bop, drummer Tony Shepherd and young bassist Dan Sheppard well known from Hai La Drum, a Romanian gypsy jazz quartet
5.00pm - 7.00pm Mark Crooks Quintet Assembly Rooms,
North Street (Bar)
Yes £9
CJC Members £8
Students / Children £5
Mark is a former winner of the Young Jazz Player of the Year. His band plays be-bop and mainstream and features the brilliant guitar playing of Colin Oxley.
8.00pm - 10.00pm Jazzmoss Oxmarket,
St Andrew's Court,
off East Street (No Bar)
Yes £10
CJC Members £8
Students / Children £5
As part of their summer 2008 UK tour, Jazzmoss come to Chichester. They are a collaborative project between singer-poet Louisa Le Marchand and Ugandan pianist and multi-instrumentalist Kaz Kasozi. Band will also include Art Themen on tenor and soprano saxes, Henry Lowther on trumpet and flugelhorn, Trevor Tomkins on drums and on bass the young and gifted Israeli, Liran Donin, a member of leading edge band, Led Bib.
8.00pm - 10.30pm Alan Gresty / Brian White Ragtimers Assembly Rooms,
North Street (Bar)
Yes £12
CJC Members £11
Students / Children £5
Led by trumpeter Alan Gresty and clarinettist Brian White, the London-based Ragtimers recreate wonderful Dixieland jazz as typified by the music of Muggsy Spanier and Bob Crosby Bobcats.
Canal jazz cruises

Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of nature and enjoy the tranquility of just easing down the Chichester canal listening to smooth jazz with a glass of wine in hand. Book early to avoid disappointment.

11.00am - 12.30pm
1.15pm - 2.45pm
3.30pm - 5.00pm
Canal jazz cruises with Sue Hawker and Guy Gardner Duo The 'Richmond'
Chichester Canal,
Canal Basin (Bar)
Limited £14
CJC Members £12
Students / Children £5
Sue Hawker - vocals and Guy Gardner - keyboard, experienced as a duo on the wine-bar, pub, and restaurant circuit. They will play plenty of standards plus some of their own numbers.

How to Get Tickets

Tickets are on sale from the following sources:

New Park Cinema Box Office - 01243 786650

Chichester Cinema, New Park Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7XT